100-200 state point dont give huge different .but skills and gear do. in last ep HM failed to use some armor and maybe in next ep u will found same probleme +skills are too different if we talk about guard per example .he have behem skills that give 4 time damage without it u will be nub dps also DF from 10 sec to more then 40 sec i think ur raid will hate u if u HM

HM's can compete somewhat with UM depending on links as a determining factor..otherwise if basically the same links, enchants, the only thing that COULD save your arse are more debuffs in your weapons than the UM...but that is 1 vs. 1 talk, which doesn't happen a whole lot beofre the raid comes in to wipe your valiant efforts out like some ****-roach eating their bacon.

I've beaten many UMs even when they were 5 levels above me and I was on a normal mode not a hard mode. If you're stated better and know your **** you can compete on a HM even better. I play HM mage and killed a lot of UMs in pvp and out.